JMSDF begins Indo-Pacific deployment 2025 | The Australian Naval Institute

On 4 March, King Charles III (also wearing his Canadian military decorations) sailed aboard the Royal Navy's HMS Prince of Wales for deployment in the Indo-Pacific in the coming months. It was almost forty years since a British sovereign had not sailed aboard a warship at sea, a sign of the importance and scale of this deployment for British defence.The objectives were threefold: to conduct multinational exercises with several allied war marines…

JMSDF begins Indo-Pacific deployment 2025 | The Australian Naval Institute

On 21 April units of the JMSDF sailed from Japan to conduct Indo-Pacific Deployment 2025 (IPD25). The deployment’s objectives are to improve the JMSDF tactical capabilities, strengthen cooperation with the allied and partner navies in the Indo-Pacific region through conducting exercises and to contribute to the peace and stability of the region and to enhance […]